A few weeks ago I joined the Southtowns Moms meetup group on Meetup.com. I was a little apprehensive about it, seeing that I am on the shier side when I first meet people I don’t know, but I am SOOOO glad I did! I went to the first meeting, introduced myself to some [...]

I am laughing tonight at all the times people have told me how much our lives will change with the baby. When they say that we’ll never be able to plan anything again because you never know what will happen, and you’ll never be on time again. Honestly, I think that is just [...]

Ok, so this is the second time I have seen people taking pictures of our house. Who knows if there are more than that when I’m not home or not looking? The first time I witnessed this was about a month ago. A silver Impala drove past the driveway a little bit, [...]

Yes, there really IS a baby growing in my tummy. It’s strange at the moment because now that the morning sickness is gone, I am starting to feel normal again. Ok, ok I know, I’m not “normal”. But I really am feeling more like myself than I was a week [...]

While thinking back on some of the different trips Derek and I have taken over our soon to be 5 years of Marriage and 7 years of being a couple, it really struck me how we enjoy taking some very different vacations. And when I say different I mean on totally different ends [...]

Granted I have been having more good days than bad lately, however there is one thing that is beginning to bother me. When I tell people that I am not feeling well I get “Why?” or “Oh suck it up, there’s tons of pregnant women out there, you’re not the only one.” or “You [...]

10 years ago tomorrow, a good friend of mine was taken prematurely from this world by a Drunk Driver. Her sister is hosting a candlelight vigil Thursday evening, March 6th in Caz Park. I strongly encourage anyone who knew Karen, or anyone else who may have been killed by a drunk driver to [...]

Amanda says…
Well, I will have been sick for a month this weekend. I have never been sicker in my life. EVER! When Derek took me to the doctor on Jan 24th I was sure that my appendix was going to be taken out that day. Instead, the doctor told us this:
“Well, [...]

I just wanted to take out some time and wish everyone out there a very Happy Holiday season! No matter what you celebrate this time of year, I hope it is filled with happy memories, greetings from family and friends and everything you are hoping for.
We will be having Christmas at the new house [...]

So there I was playing ‘Word Whomp’ on Pogo.com and when it was time for their “commercial” break, I was very disturbed to find myself looking at a half naked woman bending over in front of a mirror. It was captioned, “At Home Wives ready 4 Fun”. On Pogo.com?? I have never [...]